giff57 said:
I did it, my score 7. I must be dead.
Gawd, if that's death, I beg for it.
There's really two types of ADD or AD/HD, however you want to call it - primary inattentive, where you're a daydreaming, creative type; and primary hyperactive, where you're bouncing off of walls.
I'm PI. In planning, it has its benefits ... you notice details in the built environment that completely escape others. You can see the big picture, but your process tends to be very "hunchlike" ... you can think from A to C, skipping B. (In elementary school, that manifests itself in match class; being able to solve equations without showing your work, but getting terrible grades because showing your work is 9/10th of the grade.) because you try to opvercompensate when it comes to organization, reports and papers that you write are very logical. There's also the joy of what's called "hyperfocus." However, routine work is stifiling, far more so than it is for others. It's difficult to prioritize tasks mentally (every stream of thought seems to have the same priority, so having a written system and keeping a firm schedule is a must). You can multitask easily, but on your terms; when things are coming at all angles, it's overwhelming. I think ADDers are wonderfully suited for comp planning, or current/comp planning hybrid jobs.
I do a decent job at hiding it, but it takes a lot of effort. I have to think constantly when I'm talking to someone ... "don't interrupt, think before you say something. Such things might seem automatic to other people, but they aren't to ADDers.